Packaging&Presentation - How important is it to you?

How important is packaging/presentation of a knife to you?

  • I'm happy with a cardboard box, I just care about the knife.

    Votes: 90 67.7%

  • The more premium the knife, the more premium I want packaging.

    Votes: 43 32.3%
  • Total voters
    133
I'd say sub $200 I really don't care. I'm gonna use it.
$200-$500 a simple bag is enough for me.
$500 + hell I don't know but it should be something pretty nice.(Nice sheath definitely counts with a nice fixed blade)
 
BladeScout said:
Im fully aware:)

My point was simply, that one group of afficinados was even more anal in regards to presentation/packaging than most knife buyers.
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No question. Not even close. I find that most of the folks on Blade Forums are extremely knowledgeable and focused on use rather than minor design prejudices. Luxury watch fans can be anal about every aspect of their timepieces, to the point of absurdity at times.
 
I don't really care because the majority of my knives go into these camo velcro cordura belt holders.
I do put the original boxes away though and do keep them.
 
I have a few $1000+ customs that came in plastic Pelican-style cases. Sure, nice touch, but those cases go straight to the back of the closet, as I already have other knife storage solutions. I'd prefer those knives came in a cardboard box and the maker knocked $25 off the price.

Of course, I need to store those boxes to keep the resale value up, and they won't fit in a flat rate box when I do sell them...
 
I like the way zt and benchmade does it, a nice thick cardboard box that will stay together in case I decide to sell or trade the knife later. If I paid a butt load of money for a custom it better be coming in a nice box or case though.
 
I appreciate decent packaging but please (!!!) don't make the boxes larger than what can fit into those USPS Priority shippers we all use for $7 and change.
Unfortunate when I've got to use a larger, more expensive box when I always cover shipping on my folder sales.
 
I must have been Japanese in a past life. I do enjoy nice packaging.
And to a point it can even be practical. For example my "Problem Child" Boker Red Bone Stockman came from the vendor in this nice big shipping box, the box that the manufacture put the knife in was just a regular old pocket knife box like a mini shoe box, sort of, you know what I mean.

The knife had come out of the knife box and was sliding around in the big box when I opened it.
The only thing that saved it from some serious abrasion was the light paper still wrapped around the knife. If the knife box had had a magnet like some of the Bokers or if the knife box had a tuck in flat that you have to pry loose that would have been more effective.

Someday people who ship pocket knives will learn to wrap the knife box in bubble wrap and tape that (rather than taping the knife box which messes it up for resale). Or even wrap the knife box in old news papers and tape that; anything to keep the knife from escaping and rattling around loose.
 
If I am buying a collectors edition of an item that I wont open, packaging is important. Butt I generally do not buy collectors items, if I buy something I want to use it, so the packaging always goes in the garbage, so I never really care how well done the packaging is.
 
b00n said:
I mean there are unboxing videos for a reason :D
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And who doesn't enjoy that? "Duh.... uh.... this is the box it came in.... it's a box.... it has the name of the company on it.... it's a box for the knife.... I am now going to open the box.... there's the knife.... uhh.... the box is OK, but I have seen better.... this one is kinda cool though.... not as cool as the last knife box I opened, but it works as a box".

They make a video on how to hold the box. How to examine the box. They talk about logos and color schemes. They show you how to pull back an end and open the box. Then they talk about how sturdy or flimsy the box is, and if it was in good shape when they received it, or if they are pissed off because the cardboard box was scratched or had a worn place on a corner.

You bet. Love those unboxing vids. Yes, I saw you put a BIG smiley on your post so nothing bad was aimed at you. I am just sick of watching videos on how boxes look and perform, especially if it is some breathless reviewer that "just got the knife and wanted to show it coming out of the box real quick" before some other pressing engagement called him away.

Robert
 
midnight flyer said:
And who doesn't enjoy that? "Duh.... uh.... this is the box it came in.... it's a box.... it has the name of the company on it.... it's a box for the knife.... I am now going to open the box.... there's the knife.... uhh.... the box is OK, but I have seen better.... this one is kinda cool though.... not as cool as the last knife box I opened, but it works as a box".

They make a video on how to hold the box. How to examine the box. They talk about logos and color schemes. They show you how to pull back an end and open the box. Then they talk about how sturdy or flimsy the box is, and if it was in good shape when they received it, or if they are pissed off because the cardboard box was scratched or had a worn place on a corner.

You bet. Love those unboxing vids. Yes, I saw you put a BIG smiley on your post so nothing bad was aimed at you. I am just sick of watching videos on how boxes look and perform, especially if it is some breathless reviewer that "just got the knife and wanted to show it coming out of the box real quick" before some other pressing engagement called him away.

Robert
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I feel like in a knife review nice packaging is worth mentioning especially when it is an expensive knife. But putting emphasis on the retrieval of the knife is silly (Same with any other product really) :thumbsup:
 
I am usually more concerned about the fit & finish, but if I were to buy a high cost blade, I would expect something more in regards to packaging, extras, etc...
I tend to want/expect value for my $$$
 
To those that are saying you get your knives in pelican cases, do you repurpose them or at least hand them out to friends/family? I have some family/friends that wouldn't mind a pelican (it is efficient for storing things), but my gun friends would not complain if I handed them a pelican for their pistol.
 
hhmoore said:
I don't necessarily dislike pouches...but most of the one's I've received haven't been a good match to the size of the knife. I don't have a lot of knives with them; so it isn't a huge deal to store them...but I would like them better if they weren't so oversized. Maybe I'm in the minority, there? (I get that it would be less than cost effective for a company to stock/supply too many sizes; but the oversized ones get to be a hassle once there are more than a few of them.)
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Just to illustrate this point, here are 4 pouches in which I received (comparably sized) folders.
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The two on the left are nice enough, and can comfortably hold a SC Bodega, 0560, or Military. IMO, they are big enough for pretty much any folder I am likely to own; and I do use them for the knives with which they came. The third one in is obviously bigger - not horribly so, but enough to not work well in the same spot the previous two are kept. The knife is in a SpydiePac. The one on the right is just ridiculously large for a folder. I could put 4 of them in there...and did for that picture.
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Obviously, it is a little more cramped than I would like for general storage of knives that I use regularly; but I think it makes the point that it is overkill for a "normal" sized folder, and is not as conveniently stored.
 
Thanks, b00n b00n
I have cruwear and 204p militaries; but that is the only one I carry. If Spyderco did contoured scales, I'd be a much bigger fan.
 
I'm in the Ben Franklin camp: "All cats are gray in the dark." Honestly, the packaging and any presentation materials just get tossed in a box - except for decals. Decals typically get put on either my tool chest or my notebook computer.

The only reason I even save the other stuff is because other people seem to appreciate receiving it when they buy on the secondhand market. I'm probably shooting myself in the foot by using the decals like I do, but life is short.
 
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